as in extended family
the part of a family that includes only the father, mother, and children
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Recent Examples of nuclear family
The ensemble includes a nuclear family, group of old friends, an unlikely couple, and Season 1’s Belinda (Natasha Rothwell) — among many more.
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Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 17 Feb. 2025
In the postwar period, right after the end of the Second World War, there was a culture clash between establishment lifestyle–the man in a gray flannel suit who works in a corporate job and has a conventional kind of nuclear family and white-picket-fence house—and the counterculture.
—Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 21 Jan. 2025
And when those divisions occur within nuclear families, the cracks run deep.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2025
One male and one female form a group with their children, a nuclear family, which can occasionally incorporate a third generation as well.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
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Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 17 Feb. 2025
In the postwar period, right after the end of the Second World War, there was a culture clash between establishment lifestyle–the man in a gray flannel suit who works in a corporate job and has a conventional kind of nuclear family and white-picket-fence house—and the counterculture.
—Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 21 Jan. 2025
And when those divisions occur within nuclear families, the cracks run deep.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2025
One male and one female form a group with their children, a nuclear family, which can occasionally incorporate a third generation as well.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nuclear family
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Growing up, my mom didn’t know any of her aunts, uncles, cousins or extended family.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
27 Feb. 2025
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Kathleen Mangione is part of the extended family known for its support of Baltimore-area hospitals.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
21 Feb. 2025
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In November 2021, Johnson brought his blended family together for the premiere of his film Red Notice.—
Kelsie Gibson,
Peoplemag,
8 Feb. 2023
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In an exclusive interview with PEOPLE in December, Teresa opened up about how her daughters love their new blended family following her extravagant August wedding to Ruelas — who is also father to sons Nicholas, 21, and Louie Jr., 19.—
Natalia Senanayake,
Peoplemag,
18 Jan. 2023
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But two people with knowledge of the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive internal deliberations, said Secretary of State Marco Rubio relied on a provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 that gives him sweeping power to expel foreigners.—
Minho Kim,
New York Times,
11 Mar. 2025
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Only about one in three people born in Ireland in the early eighteen-thirties would die at home of old age.—
Fintan O'Toole,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
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Amid the apparent race with China, there was uncertainty over the direction of NASA and the future of some of its employees.—
Andrew Jones,
Space.com,
27 Feb. 2025
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Wright referred there to the project conducted by scientists at Los Alamos during World War II to win the race with Germany to produce the first atomic bombs, a race the American scientists ultimately won.—
David Blackmon,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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Because the Everglades is such a sensitive environment already impacts by water pollution, the tribe is approaching the use of compost carefully, Cypress said.—
ASHLEY MIZNAZI,
Orlando Sentinel,
10 Mar. 2025
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Marshal Fossett’s already revealed herself to have a more collaborative relationship with the tribes under her jurisdiction than her Montana counterpart.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
9 Mar. 2025
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Changing light bulbs is a common household chore, especially for rooms where lights are flipped on and off frequently.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
8 Mar. 2025
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But, Sundays are different, according to the woman, who said her husband will leave household chores undone.—
Karen Fratti,
People.com,
8 Mar. 2025
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Dramatic video from Sunday morning showed firefighters battling flames as the fire neared houses.—
Amy Graff,
New York Times,
2 Mar. 2025
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Video footage captured plumes of smoke and flames wafting above a treeline and houses in the Carolina Forest.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
2 Mar. 2025
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Scott MacArthur As Ness Gordon Best known for: The Righteous Gemstones, No Hard Feelings Scott MacArthur appears as Ness Gordon, another member of the Gordon clan who is the general manager of the Waves.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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Kieran and Macaulay played cousins in both Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, which centers on the rambunctious, extended McCallister family clan who repeatedly accidentally leave their young child behind.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
24 Feb. 2025
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“Nuclear family.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nuclear%20family. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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